CARDBOARD COMPLEX

Hi friends,

Nice to see you, I made a cardboard complex consists of multiple setup to make our daily things keep all in one place without forgetting them. The main story is.... I always goes finding and finding things everyday, being late to school everyday. As I cannot say the same reason to the teacher when she asks reason that Why I come late? To overcome this problem I found this solution and I also want to make an Habit from now onwards for hygiene home.

Cardboard Complex made of fully cardboard, color papers for beauty and glue for sticking. everybody know cardboard not takes much money to build projects, that I averagely spent 3.0$ (225 rupees).

Cardboard complex consists of

• 2 Big Sliding racks,
• 2 Sliding Racks for Medicines & Syrups,
• 1 Sliding Rack for Data Cables,
• 1 Sliding Rack for Pen drives,
• 1 Sliding Rack for Masks,
• 1 Bending Rack for pens,
• 1 Secretly Hidden box,
• 1 Coin Transporter,
• 1 Coin Storage box.
• Total storage Boxes = 11, and separately with Mobile phone stand, Music Headset Stand.
• This all arranged in 12x12inch box.

My views

• I will try to explain you everything clearly with every image and video or you can directly contact me in comment section.
• I also want to explain the critical things, issues what I faced during making and I also explain how to recover it.

This Instructable looks very bulky on watching 15steps, but it is so very easy to make, but it is little bit time taken when you made slight mistakes with measurements.

Tips: (Techniques)

• I given some keyword names to the cardboard parts used in the between instructable, to understand easily
• I pasted some additional tips through pictures.
• I also given some tips on colour selection, for easy decision making.
• I also expressed my future scopes, my ideas what I want to update in future.
• In future means now cardboard, but tomorrow made of metal.
• LET'S GET STARTED

Materials:

1. Corrugated Cardboard or online (5mm thick)
2. Color Papers
3. Poster colours or oil pastels
4. Hotmelt Glue
5. Glue Adhesive (white)
6. Magnets (2mmx8mm)
7. Paper tape
8. Popsicle sticks
9. Nylon Thread (Black)

Tools:

1. 30cm Scale
2. Pencil & Eraser
3. A3 Cutting Mat
4. Glue Gun
5. Geometric Compass
6. Old Tooth Brush
7. Knife cutter
8. Pen Knife
9. Sand Paper
10. Popsicle Cutter

Alternate Materials:

1. Hot melt Glue or Paper Glue (white)
2. Popsicle sticks or cardboard
3. Nylon Thread or Any Thread

Alternate Tools:

1. 30cm scale or measuring tape
2. Cutting Mat or old Cardboard
3. geometric Compass or Free hand

KEYWORDS USED IN THIS INSTRUCTABLE

1. Vertical Plane: It is cut piece of cardboard made of certain measurements, which stands vertically from the ground.

2. Horizontal Plane :It is cut piece of cardboard made of certain measurements, which stands horizontally from the ground.

3. Front view : Imagine a 2D or 3D drawing, we should see the object from front side

4. Back view : Imagine a 2D or 3D drawing, we should see the object from back side.

5.Left view : Imagine a 2D or 3D drawing, we should see the object from left side.

6. Right view : Imagine a 2D or 3D drawing, we should see the object from right side.

7. Segment: It is a middle part made of cardboard piece at given measurements, used to divide 1 section into two sections.

8. Main Border: It is the main boundary of the cardboard complex, consists of Front, Right, Left, Back walls or panel.

9.Section: The instructable is divided into several sections like big rack sections, tablet section, cable section etc.

PLANNING : At first we have to plan what things needed like Total size of the whole box, size of the racks, number of racks etc. Upon this I designed the average measurements of main body and main borders, at specific size of racks.

This is 2D drawing on flat cardboard with their measurements pasted on top pictures. Total Length and Breadth of Flat cardboard is

Length = 28cm

Breadth = 30cm

These are main Borders of Cardboard box.

Note: Sometimes length looks smaller than breadth because its depends on the direction your watching the objects, it's not an issue, even we get the same object at correct measurements.

DIVIDING: After planning, we should divide the number of boxes needed inside the complex, at starting we raise many many questions like how many boxes we should use? which type like sliding racks etc, may be boxes movable or foldable or bendable etc, and for what purposes they should be used? I designed the boxes based on my need that I designed the complex with 2 Big Sliding racks, 2 Sliding Racks for Medicines & Syrups, 1 Sliding Rack for Data Cables, 1 Sliding Rack for Pen drives & sensitive cards, 1 Sliding Rack for Masks, 1 Bending Rack for pens, 1 Secretly Hidden box, 1 Coin Transporter & 1inch Tape holder, 1 Coin Storage box.

By diving the the boxes using 2D drawing shown on the flat cardboard in pictures, previously main borders drawn.

Here we can also divide the racks depend on floors like ground floor, first floor etc.

NOTE: THE CARDBOARD COMPLEX IS COMPLETED UPTO 10%

Let's start making the border walls (panels) first, cut the cardboard using sharp knife for good accuracy and smooth cutting results in good sharp edges.

• Lets cut the Left Wall (Vertical plane)

Length = 30cm

Height = 20cm

• Lets cut the Right Wall (Vertical plane)

Length = 27cm

Height = 20cm

• Lets cut the Back Wall (Vertical plane)

Length = 29cm

Height = 19cm

• FRONT WALL is not required

NOTE 1: Please don't attach the borders directly on the flat board, we should do it later.

NOTE 2: THE CARDBOARD COMPLEX CHALLENEGE IS COMPLETED UPTO 20%

Now we should build some Racks and Rack borders. At first we should attach the borders situated inside and afterwards the racks.

BORDERS INSIDE:

RACK BORDER USE: They will help to slide the racks and dividing the racks from others sections

• BIG RACK BORDERS

1. I used 2 Big racks consists of a common border representing as L1, L2, L3 (shown in picture)

Attach those L1, L2, L3 on the flat cardboard as shown in the picture.

• L1 (Vertical plane)

Length = 20cm

height = 15cm

• L2 (Vertical Plane)

Length = 20cm

Height = 15cm

• L3 (Vertical Plane)

Length = 18cm

Height = 15cm

Afterwards the height of L1, L2, L3 are divided by 2

height =15cm/2 = 7.5cm (middle part of border)

2. Now cut a carboard sheet having measurements

Length = 17cm

Breadth = 20cm

Note: This is middle part of the rack border which divides two racks from top side is called as SEGMENT 2

Now this segment 2 to be attached between the L1, L2, L3 as shown in the picture.

MAKING RACKS:

• BIG RACK 1

The total measurements of big rack 1 is,

Length = 17cm

Breadth = 20cm

Height = 7cm

The rack base is called as SEGMENT 1

• BIG RACK 2

Length = 17cm

Breadth = 20cm

Height = 7cm

The rack base is called as SEGMENT 3

KEYWORDS: L1, L2, L3, Segment 1, Segment 2, Segment 3, Big Rack, Rack Border.

NOTE: THE CARDBOARD COMPLEX CHALLENEGE IS COMPLETED UPTO 25%

TABLETS & MEDICINE SYRUPS

• BORDER

The Tablets section & Medicine Syrups section used to store Tablets storage & Syrups. Here follow the steps as shown in the picture.

Cut a cardboard having measurements

HORIZONTAL PLANE

Length = 6cm

Breadth = 14cm

This piece is called as Tablet Segment because it divides the 1 section into two section from top to bottom of tablets and syrups.

• RACKS

TABLET RACK

Cut the piece of cardboard according to the measurements for making Rack for Tablets,

Length = 6cm

Breadth = 14.4cm

Height = 4.5cm

SYRUP RACK

Cut the pieces of cardboard according to the measurements for making Rack for Syrups,

Length = 6cm

Breadth = 14.4cm

Height = 9cm

NOTE: THE CARDBOARD COMPLEX CHALLENEGE IS COMPLETED UPTO 35%

COMBS

• BORDERS

The comb section is a open type stationery box to stand up the combs freely and easier to put and they are seen easily from top side.

Cut two cardboard pieces having measurements

VERTICAL PLANE

Length = 6cm

Height = 16cm

Attach those two pieces on the combs section as shown in the picture

• Now Divide a the section using a middle cardboard sheet names Segment B2, having the measurements

HORIZONTAL PLANE

Length = 5cm

Breadth = 6cm

VERTICAL PLANE

Comb rack is a open type rack means it is only a box and it is closed by thee sides and fourth is closed by the another cardboard having measurements,

Length = 5cm

Height = 9cm

PENS HOLDER

• BORDERS

The borders are already fulfilled because of comb section.

• RACK

Pen cardboard rack is a bendable type rack, so its design is something different from all other racks. so please use geometric compass to make curve as shown in the picture, having measurements

Curve Radius = 3cm

Length = 4.5cm

Breadth = 6cm

Height = 10cm

NOTE: THE CARDBOARD COMPLEX CHALLENEGE IS COMPLETED UPTO 45%

MASK

Take your mask and measure its length and breadth to get maximum size of the rack for making mask rack for storing masks. I have taken measurements according to my mask.

My mask measurements

Length = 17cm Breadth = 10.5cm

• BORDERS

Cut the piece of cardboard having measurements

VERTICAL PLANE

Length = 10cm

Height = 5cm

At first attach this vertical piece of cardboard on the place as shown in the picture, it acts as wall beside secret box.

Now we should attach a piece of segment (horizontal) place on the top of mask section placed at a height of 5cm from below, having measurements

HORIZONTAL PLANE

Length = 10.5cm

Breadth = 19cm

PENDRIVE SECTION

• BORDER

Attach the second vertical piece as shown in the picture having measurements, it extends wall beside secret box means the pen drive section is sits on top of the mask section.

VERTICAL PLANE

Length = 10cm

Height = 5.5cm + 4cm

Now attach the Pen drive Segment piece (Horizontal) which divides the cable section and Pen drive section from top, placed at a height of 4cm from below, having measurements

HORIZONTAL PLANE

Length = 10cm

Breadth = 9cm

Now we obtained two sections such as cable section and Pen drive section.

• RACKS

1. MASK RACK:

Having measurements taken according to mask

Length = 10.5cm

breadth = 17cm

Height = 5cm

2. PEN DRIVE RACK:

Length = 10.5cm

breadth = 8.5cm

Height = 3cm

3. CABLE RACK

Length = 10.5cm

breadth = 8.5cm

Height = 4.8cm

NOTE: THE CARDBOARD COMPLEX CHALLENEGE IS COMPLETED UPTO 58%

CARDBOARD SLAB: (LID)

Cardboard slab is top lid or horizontal border placed on top head of all racks as shown in the picture having measurements,

HORIZONTAL PLANE

Length = 28cm

Breadth = 30cm

NOTE 1: The comb section is uncovered as you can see in the picture.

NOTE 2: THE CARDBOARD COMPLEX CHALLENEGE IS COMPLETED UPTO 60%

SECRET BOX: It is used to hide some important things, and i want to improve a Lock for the secret box in future.

Secret box do not need any borders as it already covered by cable, Pen drive sections. Means the secret box sits on half of the mask section, stands behind the Cable, Pen drive section.

• RACK

Secret Box having measurements

Length = 8cm

Breadth = 9.5cm

Height = 9cm

• Future scope:

To improve a lock system for secret Box

NOTE: THE CARDBOARD COMPLEX CHALLENEGE IS COMPLETED UPTO 65%

COIN TRANSPORTER:

Actually Coin Transporter is used to transport coins from front end to back end and drops the coins into Coin Storage Rack.

Means the Coin transporter consists of slant plate (slate) placed at certain angle, the coins smoothly slides in to the coin storage box from starting to destination.

And Coin Transporter still contains some free space inside, so I used those space as Paper tape Holder, in future I will improve it as a tape dispenser or Coin Sorter machine inside.

LETS START MAKING

• RACK

It's all having measurements are shown in the picture.

Its sliding plate or slate placed at some angle for smoothly sliding.

COIN DROP RACK

• RACK

Length = 9.5cm

Breadth = 9.5cm

Height = 14cm

It's consists of a small slot (hole) places on the coin drop box because, to receive the coins from coin transporter as shown in the picture.

• UPTO NOW THE CARDBOARD COMPLEX CHALLENEG COMPLETED UPTO 70%

In this we have already have the cut pieces of cardboards for main borders, now we have to recut them again based on the design we set.

• MAIN RIGHT WALL

1. It should be cut according to the measurements given in the picture above. And attach them to the Right side.
2. The Tablet and medicine Racks are fully covered, the Pens rack, Cable and Pen drive racks are seen to be opened.

• MAIN LEFT WALL

1. The Left Wall (Panel) is fully flat, it do not needed any extra cuts as it covers the Coin Transporter and Coin drop box.

• MAIN BACK WALL

1. It should be cut according to the measurements given in the picture above. And attach the wall to the Back side.
2. It covers the Cable racks, pen drive rack from beside and covers secret box and coin drop box as shows in the picture.

• MAIN FRONT WALL

FRONT PANEL is not required, because the Front portion is all covered by Big racks, Tablet & Medicine racks and Coin Transporter.

NOTE: THE CARDBOARD COMPLEX CHALLENEGE IS COMPLETED UPTO 80%

In this, we should add some extra walls to put our things such as Phone Stand, Headphones stand etc.having measurements

• VERTICAL PLANE x2 pieces

Length = 14cm

Height = 2cm

• VERTICAL PLANE

Length = 17cm

Height = 2cm

COIN INSERTING FRAME

Coin inserting Frame used to insert the coins, falls on coin transporter reaches to coin drop box.

• HORIZONTAL PLANE + VERTICAL PLANE

Length = 5cm

Breadth = 6cm

Height = 3.5cm

Attach those cut pieces of card board as shown in picture above, and cut a small piece of slot for inserting coins.

HEAD PLATE:

Head Plate consists of Mobile stand placed on top, head plate used for future scopic reason, and my idea is to build inside a Emergency Light and a Mirror.

Having Measurements

Length = 18cm

Breadth = 19.5cm

Future Scope:

• Planning to place a Extra emergency Light on head plate.
• Planning to place a Reflect Flexible Mirror.

NOTE: THE CARDBOPARD COMPLEX IS COMPLETED UPTO 85%

PHONE STAND:

Phone stand is used to stand up the mobile phone made of popsicle sticks, it is easier to make by watching the I video uploaded.

Please watch the video uploaded above, contains all measurements and process making.

HEADSET STAND:

Headset stand is a holder which holds the headset using two claws and are made only with cardboard.

Please watch the video uploaded above contains all measurements and process making.

NOTE: THE CARDBOARD COMPLEX CHALLENEGE IS COMPLETED UPTO 90%

COLOUR SELECTION: (Tip)

Colour selection is a big task for us, we break our mind and we raise many questions in our minds such as

• which colour is the best fit?
• Which colours are very attractive?
• What is the matching colour of that particular colour?

By this questions we get a great headache and time taken process on decision making. so I found a great solution for this is Matching Colour Pallets are already available at Internet. You can watch some pallets pasted above.

By this Pallets you can choose your favourite colour matchings greatly, without any extra tensions on your brain.

COLOURING:

• Now colour the cardboard complex using colour A4 sheets using white glue.
• Or you can also use Poster colours or Oil pastes.

Here I used some colour such as

1. Dark Red
2. Sky Blue
3. Black
4. Yellow
5. Neon Orange
6. Green
7. Pure White

NOTE: THE CARDBOARD COMPLEX CHALLENEGE IS COMPLETED UPTO 96%

DOOR HANDLES:

Door handles are made of popsicle sticks, attached in front of racks to Pull/Push the racks.

Process of Making:

• Cut the popsicle sticks into pieces of different sizes depend on your wish and selections.
• Stick the popsicle pieces like a bundle, because we should easily hold and pull/push the rack easily, to make better grip with your hands.
• After drying, use sand paper to make a soft solid cuboid.
• Attach the door handle to the racks in different positions based on your wish.

Length = 5cm, 3cm

NOTE: You can also use the Readily available Door handles on amazon

THE CARDBOARD COMPLEX IS READY BY COMPLETEING 99% CHALLENGE

CARDBOARD COMPLEX COMPLETES 100% WHEN YOU FEEL PROUD YOURSELF ON MAKING